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Santa Ana City Council <br />December 7, 2021 <br />Page 4 <br />While the General Plan Update provides some policies aimed at expanding access to <br />affordable healthcare, uninsured residents impacted by lead contamination continue to be <br />left without recourse. See, e.g., RDPEIR Appendix B-a at 3.This is particularly troubling <br />in Santa Ana, where a large proportion of City residents are barred from accessing Medi- <br />Cal insurance due to their immigration status. <br />III. Conclusion <br />As described above, the FEIR fails to thoroughly assess and analyze <br />environmental justice concerns. This flawed analysis has resulted in General Plan Update <br />policies that are not responsive to community concerns and undermine the spirit of SB <br />1000. OCEJ urges the City to (1) delay approval of the General Plan Update and <br />certification of its accompanying FEIR, (2) revise the community survey and work with <br />community groups to more broadly disseminate the survey to impacted residents, and (3) <br />participate in an additional series of roundtable discussions with impacted residents and <br />community groups to accurately capture community approval of current General Plan <br />policy language and incorporate any pending resident concerns. OCEJ respectfully <br />requests that the City revise the FEIR to address these environmental justice issues and <br />recirculate the document for public comment. <br />Very truly yours, <br />SHUTE, MIHALY & WEINBERGER LLP <br />Katrina A. Tomas <br />cc: Patricia J. Flores Yrarrazaval, OCEJ <br />Keila Villegas, OCEJ <br />Shahir Masri, UCI Public Health <br />Jun Wu, UCI Public Health <br />Juan Manuel Rubio, University of California Irvine <br />Alana LeBron, University of California Irvine <br />Abigail Reyes, Community Resilience, University of California Irvine <br />Gregory Lopez, Community Resilience, University of California Irvine <br />Danielle Stevenson, University of California Riverside <br />Lisa Rudloff, Santa Ana Parks, Recreation and Community Services <br />I—lUJIL)MIIdAV-Y <br />